Associate
- n. Anything closely or usually connected with another; an concomitant.
- v. t. To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise.
- v. t. To join or connect; to combine in acting; as, particles of gold associated with other substances.
- v. t. To connect or place together in thought.
- v. t. To accompany; to keep company with.
- v. i. To unite in company; to keep company, implying intimacy; as, congenial minds are disposed to associate.
- v. i. To unite in action, or to be affected by the action of a different part of the body.
- a. Closely connected or joined with some other, as in interest, purpose, employment, or office; sharing responsibility or authority; as, an associate judge.
- a. Admitted to some, but not to all, rights and privileges; as, an associate member.
- a. Connected by habit or sympathy; as, associate motions, such as occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions.
- 1n. 1 Anything closely or usually connected with another; an concomitant.
- 1v. t. 1 To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise.
The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.